1. So you missed Citrix Synergy 2014…
Al Solorzano
#TheAlSolorzano
Principal Architect
Agile360/Entisys

2. Agenda Citrix XenDesktop/XenApp 7.5 Citrix NetScaler new HW and 10.5
Citrix XenMobile 9.0
Citrix Workspace Suite
Citrix Workspace Services
Walking the Exhibit Hall Floor
High End Graphics over a remote protocol (NVIDIA)
ObserveIT
HP DL380 with NVIDIA GRID certification & HP HP ConvergedSystem 100 (AKA Moonshot)
Nutanix “per Desktop” Licensing

3. XenApp/XenDesktop 7.5

4. High Level Citrix XenApp is back! Provision to cloud infrastructure
Deploy to AWS
Deploy to any Citrix Cloud Platform based private cloud or public cloud provider using Citrix Cloud Platform
Full Citrix AppDNA (Platinum Users only)
Citrix XenMobile MDM included / 20% off XenMobile Enterprise
Extended support for Web Interface 5.4

5. Integrated Remote PC Access
Automated remote access assignment of users to corporate PCs
Secure, remote access to corporate PCs
Wake on LAN support
New integrated catalog management
New hardware accelerated H.264 compression

6. Key Highlights in StoreFront 2.5
Receiver for Web enhancements
Domain pass-through authentication
Smart Card Authentication
Mandatory apps
HTML5 engine update
StoreFront
Anonymous session support
Resource filtering SDK
Parallel enumeration for farms/sites

7. Coming soon! Database Connection resiliency (think LHC)
Anonymous User Sessions support
Session pre-launch and linger
App Folders in Studio
Migration tools
License Server monitoring and hotfix inventory
Brokerless Connections
Increased SCCM integration (Create published apps, User Logoff, Support for PVS/MCS)

8. Coming soon!
Framehawk acquisition (high latency / packet loss network resiliency)
USB 3.0 Support
Flash/Windows Media redirection enhancements
HTML5 Video redirection
Lync enhancements

9. HTML5 Receiver

10. XenClient Updates

11. Migration Tool : Work In Progress
NOTE: XenApp 7.5 doesn’t have all the features of 6.5. When Citrix switched from IMA to FMA, which is what XenDesktop has been developed on since 5.0, some features didn’t make the list.
- Request access to Migration tools

12. Citrix NetScaler Announcments And 10.5

13. Software Virtual Appliances High Performance Appliances
Citrix NetScaler ADC
Virtual
Run Anywhere
Physical
Price-Performance
Platform
Multi-Tenant
VPX
MPX
SDX
Software Virtual Appliances
Software-based virtual ADC appliance
XenServer, ESX, Hyper-V
Full ADC features up to 3 Gbps
High Performance Appliances
500 Mbps – 120 Gbps
Advanced ADC
Fastest SSL Offload
Pay-As-You-Grow
1U and 2U
ADC Consolidation
Multi-tenant ADC platform
Consolidate up to 80 ADCs with holistic management
Full ADC isolation and line- rate performance

14. Maximum Tenants per Platform
NetScaler Platforms and Models
PayGrow
All platforms can be license upgraded across their supported ranges.
120 Gbps
MPX/SDX
22040 to 22120
40Gbps – 120Gbps
560k (2k) SSL TPS
80 Instances
NEBS Available
50 Gbps
MPX/SDX
20Gbps – 50Gbps
33K – 98K SSL TPS
40 Instances
MPX/SDX
15Gbps – 42Gbps
23k – 69k SSL TPS
20 Instances
NEBS
Available
30 Gbps
MPX
FIPS
3Gbps – 15Gbps
MPX/SDX
8005 & 8015
5-Gbps – 15 Gbps
6.5K – 11K SSL TPS
5 Instances
Performance (HTTP)
10 Gbps
5 Gbps
MPX
500Mbps-5 Gbps
1.5K – 2K SSL TPS
Single-tenant
VPX
10Mbps –
3Gbps
1 Gbps
Multi-tenant Capable
FIPS Platforms 1 5 20 40 80
Maximum Tenants per Platform

15. Features and Enhancements
Over 100 new features
Multiple Port CS
HTML5 based GUI - Add enhanced features using small add buttons
AAA Session Stickiness
Kerberos Performance
MobileStream - Enhanced features for Mobile devices streams
Jumbo Frames
Link Redundancy
NITRO SDK for Python
TCP BIC and CUBIC
NITRO for File Operations
SPDYv3 Gateway
NITRO for ZebOS system
SDX Manageability
GSLB Static proximity sync
Front End Optimization
SSL configuration Profiles
Insight Center Enhancements
CNAME record caching

16. Traditional Multi-tenancy Approach: Creation of Tenant Partitions
Rate limits, RBA and ACLs partition the instance
All tenants Share a single instance
Partitions NOT fully isolated
No CPU or memory isolation
No version independence
No high availability independence
No lifecycle independence
Common Global Instance
Tenant Partitions
(Partitions Fail for TRUE Isolation)

17. Citrix XenMobile 9.0

18. Define your mobility strategy
Don’t Care
Manage Data
Manage Device
Manage Applications
Manage it all
Decide on Cloud or On-premise or hybrid

19. Citrix XenMobile Secure mobile web browser with WorxWeb
Secure document sharing, sync and editing with ShareFile
Secure , calendar and contacts with WorxMail
Geo-Fencing
Remote Wipe (Selective or Full)
Identify/Take action on Jailbroken or Rooted devices
Cloud based or on premise infrastructure

20. Citrix XenMobile 9.0 Expect a June 2014 release
Updated WorxMail and WorxWeb (offline web page viewing)
Add support for Windows 8.1 Tablets & Windows 8.0 phones
FIPS compliance for iOS and Android
WorxNotes (think corporate Evernote)
WorxEdit (edit files via Worx apps)
WorxDesktop (Access/Edit files from a remote desktop PC or access full desktop)
Cloud offering
NEW

21. Citrix XenMobile SaaS Minimum of 99 Users for XM MDM/App Edition
Highly available, globally redundant infrastructure
Multi-tenancy with secure, dedicated instances
No data corruption if one instance goes down
No separate fee for dedicated instances
Monitoring, analytics and reporting for real-time troubleshooting and optimization application servers
Hosted in facilities with a percent availability SLA
Service availability 24 hours per day, 7 days per week except for scheduled maintenance
Hosting facilities certified under SAS70 Type I & II and ISO27001
Daily backups for one month, plus monthly backups for a minimum of 24 months
Automated and manual disaster recovery
24/7/365 incident response
Minimum of 99 Users for XM MDM/App Edition
Minimum of 300 users for XM Enterprise Edition

22. Citrix Workspace Suite
Yes it is hard keeping track of when to use Capital Letters in the middle of words like XenDesktop and NetScaler and when to use an X to spell WorxHome and when not to use an X like Workspace.

23. Citrix is all All About Mobility
Wherever people are, whatever device they are on, their content (apps and data, personal and corporate) should never leave their side.
Security needs to follow the individual across all corporate content and devices they touch.
A single solution is needed to meet the constantly changing needs of all individuals regardless of their computing needs, and save IT time and money.

24. $450 per USER perpetual OR $204 per user per year
NOT a new product. Just a new way of bundling the products.

25. Trade-Up Program PER USER!!!!! 2 for 1 1 for 1
PER USER!!!!!
XenMobile and ShareFile can’t be concurrent
2 for 1
Trade-Up ALL XenApp/XenDesktop CCU licenses receive 2 new Citrix WorkSpace Suite user licenses
Up to 70% off
1 for 1
Trade-Up ALL XenApp/XenDesktop/ShareFile Enterprise User/Device licenses receive 1 new Citrix WorkSpace Suite user licenses

26. Other Programs Trade-Up PLUS
Perform Trade-UP and get 10% off additional users
Trade-Up MAX
Perform Trade-UP and get 35% ALL users in your organization
Must total 2500 licenses or more
“Help is on the Horizon”
50% off Citrix Workspace Suite licenses who trade in their Vmware View or Horizon licenses
Blackberry customers
25% off Citrix Workspace Suite licenses who migrate from Blackberry

27. Citrix Workspace Services
2nd Half 2014

28. Control Center
Cloud Desktops
Cloud Apps
Mobile Services
Data Fabric
Delivery Network
Service Insights
Workspace Concierge
Service Automation
A cloud-based platform for partners and customers to design, build & deliver mobile workspaces
Workspace
Services

30. Blueprints
Design
Deploy
Manage
2nd Half 2014

31. High End Graphics over a remote protocol NVIDIA K1 and K2

32. Target Audience Remoting High End Graphics
Engineers/Designers/Architects
3D graphics applications such Siemens NX, AutoDesk products, etc.
Drive down costs of desktops
Mobility
Protect intellectual property
Specialized Application Users
GIS
Video and Picture editing
MathWorks, specialized simulations
Flash based apps, Powerpoint, Google Earth, Office 2013, low end CAD applications that can take advantage of a GPU

33. NVIDIA GRID Cards – K1 and K2
So what did NVIDIA actually do? They developed 2 server cards known as the K1 and K2 cards. I’ve included the URL for the GRID certified servers list above. You need really need to follow that exactly and I would highly recommend you buy the servers with the cards rather than adding them later. Depending on the server vendor, there may be specific nuances such adapter cards, additional power or specific motherboards to enable these cards. As you can see from the screen, the K1 card is the lower end with lots of density and the K2 is the higher end model but for less users. Some servers can have 2 or even 3 of these cards but that is vendor and server model specific so check the GRID Certified Server list. Notice the K in the abbreviation. It stands for Kepler which is the codename for the GPUs in these cards.

34. GPU Profile Latest User Guide for NVIDIA GRID Manager
<Al> So while you have the option to perform a Pass-Thru (1 VM to 1 GPU) mapping, but that will only get you 4 users per K1 or 2 users per K2. While this is the best performance, not everyone needs the same specs… so in comes vGPU or GPU sharing.
What you see on the screen is the vGPU math based on the vGPU profile. The GPU card is the first column. The number of GPUs on that card is next. Virtual GPU column is the card profile name.
The profiles start with K1 or K2 based on the card. Then the higher the number, the more memory and resolution you can get, but the less desktops per GPU. The lower the number the more desktops you can get, but that equals less RAM and lower resolution. So you have to perform trade off between density and performance.
The q is for Quadro which are the application certified profiles. These profiles undergo the same tests as the physical Quadro cards and there is a list of applications that are certified.
Good Note: If there is no contention, a user will receive full access to all the GPU CUDA Cores on that GPU. Once there is contention the access to the GPU will be throttled appropriately.
Latest User Guide for NVIDIA GRID Manager

35. Desktop and Server Recording and Auditing

36. Are Log Files the Answer?
What are users really doing on desktops?
What are admins doing on servers?
When they do something, how do you know?
Can you prove it?

37. Not just Windows desktops and servers, UNIX and LINUX also.
Search field to find all users who ran an application name or .exe.
View the each session of the users day and see what they did.

40. HP DL380 : NVIDIA GRID Certified
2 NVIDIA GRID K1 or K2 Cards
VDI : From 4 high powered graphics desktops to 64 lower end graphics desktops *
XenApp : 4 to 8 XenApp servers with higher end graphics profiles assigned
Contact your Agile360 account rep for sizing and pricing
* Only Citrix XenServer supports full vGPU capabilities for higher density deployments. VMware ESX announced support in 2015.

41. HP ConvergedSystem 100 for Hosted Desktops (CS100)
45 m700 cartridges in 4.3U chassis (Moonshot 1500 chassis)
180 dedicated workstations in 4.3 U (45 cartridges x 4 nodes per cartridge)
No hypervisor needed for VDI
Dedicated resources per desktop
m700 cartridge
Four AMD Opteron X2150 Nodes per Cartridge, each with:
Quad core AMD APU (4) x GHz
AMD Radeon HD 8400 Graphics 128 cores w/512MB memory
8GB DDR3 PC SDRAM
Dual (2) Gigabit NICs
32GB/64GB SanDisk Internal SSD (iSSD)
Certified for Windows 7

43. compute and storage for virtualized environments
Scale-out Servers
Storage Network
Converged
compute and storage for virtualized environments
SAN

44. Nutanix
Converged compute (CPU and RAM) with Software Defined Storage for highly virtualized infrastructure
Web-Scale architecture
Start small and grow large later
Scale out CPU, RAM and Storage as each node is added
VMware ESX, MS Hyper-V and KVM based hypervisor
Splunk, VMware View, Citrix XenDesktop/XenApp, Veeam certified and more

45. Nutanix VDI Assurance

46. Questions?